Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

the monsters were well jealous over the princess, weren't they?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: monsters · What happens: be, not be · To what, where: they

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 monsters	det
2	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 jealous	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 jealous	cop
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 jealous	advmod
5	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 princess	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princess	det
8	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jealous	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 jealous	punct
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 they	cop
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 they	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 jealous	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 jealous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the monsters					over the princess; jealous, well property	tree rules
2	not is a	past	the monsters not said here	they					tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Yeah, they were so jealous that they began to bite and snap at each other across the lake while the queen watched them all

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 jealous	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 jealous	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 jealous	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 jealous	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 jealous	advmod
6	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 began	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 began	nsubj
9	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 jealous	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 bite	mark
11	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 began	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 snap	cc
13	snap	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 bite	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 each	case
15	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	13 snap	obl
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 each	fixed
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 lake	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lake	det
19	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 snap	obl
20	while	while	SCONJ	_	23 watched	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 queen	det
22	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 watched	nsubj
23	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 snap	advcl
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 watched	obj
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	they			jealous property	tree rules
2	begin	past	they				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	bite	to-infinitive	they not said here				vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4	snap	infinitive	they not said here		each	across the lake	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at each=Location
5	watch	past	the queen	them = they			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they were ready to eat each other up for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 ready	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ready	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ready	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ready	cop
5	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 eat	mark
7	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ready	xcomp
8	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	7 eat	obj
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 each	fixed
10	up	up	ADP	_	7 eat	compound:prt
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					ready property	tree rules
2	eat up	to-infinitive	they not said here	each				for her = she	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient

Option 3

Yeah, they fought over who would protect her best

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fought	nsubj
4	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	SCONJ	_	8 protect	mark
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 protect	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 protect	aux
8	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fought	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 best	nmod:poss
10	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	they						vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	protect	would		her best					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Beneficiary

Option 4

Nah, they were actually friendly with each other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 friendly	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 friendly	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 friendly	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 friendly	advmod
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 each	case
8	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	6 friendly	obl
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					with each; actually, friendly property	tree rules

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